Big and tall parents do not have more sons

Arbeitspapier

In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers-Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort studies, evidence was presented which was partly consistent with the hypothesis. I analyse the relationship between an individual being male and their parents' height and weight using one of the datasets. No evidence of any such relationship is found.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP07/15

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Biologie ; Eltern ; Kinder ; Geschlecht

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Denny, Kevin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics
• (wo): Dublin
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/43340
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ